Captain Todd Hill is a thirty-year veteran of the Oakland County Sheriff’s Office, serving as the Commander of the Homeland Security, Wellness & Professional Development (HSWPD) Division. Captain Hill oversees the Training Unit, Force Analysis Unit, Crisis Response Unit,Recruiting & Retention Unit, Accreditation Unit, the Peer Support Team, the Comfort K9Program and is K9 Cali’s Handler. Captain Hill implemented the agency’s CIT (Crisis Intervention Team) program in 2015 and the agency’s Peer Support Team in 2017. Captain Hill was the Incident Commander at the agency’s Line of Duty Death in 2017 and the Incident Commander for the 2021 Oxford High School Mass Casualty Shooting. Captain Hill has previously served as a Substation Commander for the contracted area of Independence Township (Patrol Services Division) and has worked in several other areas of the Sheriff’s Office, including the Satellite/Court Services Division; Pontiac Division; Investigative and Forensic Services Division (as a Fugitive Unit and Auto Theft Detective); Uniformed Patrol in the Alcohol Enforcement, Crash Reconstruction and Motor Units; and the Corrective Services
Division.
Captain Hill has received numerous awards, including Command Officer of the Year (2016), Meritorious Service Citations, Professional Excellence Citations and Distinguished Unit Citations. Captain Hill has earned a Doctor of Education degree (Ed.D.) in Organizational Leadership, a Masters degree in Information Security and a Bachelor's degree in Criminology. He is also a graduate of the Federal Bureau of Investigations National Academy (FBINA Class #285) and the Northwest Police Staff and Command School. Captain Hill is a United States Marine Corps Veteran, deployed to Saudi Arabia and Mogadishu, Somalia, in the 1990s.
K9 Deputy Cali - Oakland County Sheriff’s Office
Comfort K9 - Homeland Security, Wellness and Professional Development Division Comfort K9 Cali is a four-year veteran of the Oakland County Sheriff’s Office, assigned to Captain Todd Hill, helping to oversee the Homeland Security, Wellness & Professional Development (HSWPD) Division. K9 Cali is a member of the agency’s Peer Support Team, responding to officer involved shootings, officer injuries, and other critical incidents. K9 Cali is on Instagram (@deputy.cali) and Facebook (Deputy Cali). The Oakland County Sheriff’s Office Comfort K9 Unit is comprised of 16 Cavalier King Charles Spaniel K9’s. The Cavalier breed was chosen due to their personality traits (affectionate with families, good temperament with young children, and good temperament with other dogs). Trained in basic obedience and therapy canine training, the unit is designed for both the first responders and the community. Comfort K9’s are deployed in different areas of the agency to reach as many people as possible; assigned to patrol, school resource officers, community liaison officers, dispatch, special units, and the Peer Support Team.